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Sony-Ericsson: new camera phone, new strategy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ltd. recently reported a net loss of €187 million ($235 million) for the fourth quarter. And its president, Hideki Komiyama, thinks the recession could last a few more years. To right itself, the mobile-phone joint venture between Japan's Sony Corp. and Stockholm-based Ericsson AB, announced...

Posted on February 17, 2009 1:10 PM

Open-source platform sinks Sony, Motorola JV (from Corporate Dealmaker)

A decision by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and Motorola Inc. to support a leading open-source mobile platform project has undermined a joint venture owned by the companies. UIQ Technology, which became jointly owned by Sony Ericsson and Motorola in October 2007, filed for bankruptcy in Sweden on Monday. The...

Posted on January 5, 2009 11:30 AM

Nokia buys open-source provider to make it free (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Nokia Corp. is buying open-source mobile platform Symbian Ltd. for $412 million and making its technology available to manufacturers through what it calls the "Symbian Foundation." Companies will pay $1,500 to join the foundation, whose members will work to build a leading open-source mobile platform. Nokia's foundation partners are AT&T...

Posted on June 24, 2008 4:09 PM